If you’ve heard of the U.S. General Service Administration (GSA), chances are you associate it with things like internal audits, paperwork and government oversight. Not solar power, in other words. Thanks to an innovative series of energy- and efficiency-related projects, however, the administration may succeed in livening up its reputation. Work is nearing an end on a [...]

In case you missed the news, the U.S. Air Force Academy on Monday flipped the switch on a brand-spanking-new solar array at its facility in Colorado Springs. Designed and built by SunPower Corp., the 6-megawatt solar power system is connected to Colorado Spring Utilities’ electricity grid. In its first year of operation, the array is [...]

Xcel Energy caused quite a stir back in February, when it temporarily stopped accepting applications for its popular solar incentive program and asked state regulators for permission to cut the rebate by almost 90 percent, from $2.00 per watt to $0.25 per watt. The move threatened to pour cold water on the state’s growing solar energy [...]

Talk about an ambitious energy goal. Roughly a week after Colorado Governor Bill Ritter joined clean energy advocates in announcing a new report suggesting that, if Colorado were to increase its renewable energy capacity by 20 percent, it would add $1.9 billion to the state’s gross domestic product, a Colorado city is taking aim at setting a world energy record.

Arizona, California, Colorado, Massachusetts, New York: Residents of these states can expect prime opportunities to go solar in 2011 as these five state’s governors’ have made solar energy production and solar technology development a top priority for the new year and beyond.

Within the solar energy industry, the Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC) is looked to as a leading source of information on renewable energy policy — at the municipal, state and federal levels. In addition to helping run the DSIRE database, the organization issues countless reports and studies on things like net metering, interconnection and workforce [...]

Courtesy of a $180,000 federal government grant, the Denver Regional Council of Governments has expanded the use of the Denver Regional Solar Map — a tool originally intented for approximately 2,000 commercial property owners in Denver to figure out how much solar energy they can harvest on their roofs.

If you’re trying to start a solar movement within your community but are stuck at the starting line, caught between deciding who to talk to and which roofs are suitable for solar, there’s a new guide that can help you get your solar revolution off the ground.

More thin-film solar panels could soon be available to property owners throughout the country who are looking to install solar energy systems, as a major thin-film module maker is poised to expand its production.

Arizona State University’s School of Business recent released a report that places Colorado among the top two states in the country in potential solar energy generation.